Migrants and Refugees

A volume in International Advances in Education:Global Initiatives for Equity and Social JusticeSeries Editors: Elinor L. Brown University of Kentucky Rhonda CravenUniversity of Western Sydney and George McLean Catholic Universities of America.International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice is an internationalresearch monograph series of scholarly works that primarily focus on empowering students (childrenadolescents and young adults) from diverse current circumstances and historic beliefs and traditions tobecome non-exploited/non-exploitive contributing members of the global community. The series draws onthe research and innovative practices of investigators academics and community organizers around the globe that have contributed to the evidencebase for developing sound educational policies practices and programs that optimize all students' potential. Each volume includes multidisciplinarytheory research and practices that provide an enriched understanding of the drivers of human potential via education to assist others in exploringadapting and replicating innovative strategies that enable ALL students to realize their full potential. This volume provides the reader with promisingpolicies and practices that promote social justice and educational opportunity for the many displaced populations (migrants asylum-seekers refugeesand immigrants) around the globe. The volume is divided into four sections that offer: (1) insights into the educational integration of displaced childrenin industrialized nations (2) methods of creating pedagogies of harmony within school environments (3) ways to nurture school success byacknowledging and respecting the cultural traditions of newcomers and finally (4) strategies to forge pathways to educational equity. Overall thisvolume contributes to the body of knowledge on equitable educational opportunities for displaced youth and will be a valuable resource for all whoseek to enable the displaced a place at the political economic and social table of civil society.